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Mark Coatney

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As seen in: Medium, The New York Times, Forbes, TIME, CNBC, Inc., The Daily Dot, Forbes India, beehiiv
I am part of the problem. Working on a solution with RoverAI Founder, CounterMeasure. Ex Tumblr, Forbes, Al Jazeera, Time, Nwk, etc. mcoatney.bsky.social

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Mark Coatney’s Biography

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Mark Coatney is a digital media consultant with more than 20 years experience in online media. You can find him here, on LinkedIn, or at markcoatney@gmail.com. Previously he was Senior Vice President for Digital at Al Jazeera America, where he launched and oversaw Al Jazeera’s Web and mobile products. Before that, he was one of the first employees at Tumblr, where he spent 3 years running media partnerships pre-Yahoo. Still further back into history he was a senior editor at Newsweek, with prim…

Mark Coatney’s Journalist Portfolio

Every Day is, Like, Sunday

Every Day is, Like, Sunday

June already! Where does the time go? Nothing like an uncertain future to telescope the hours. Remember, buye…

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Why We Tumbl

Why We Tumbl

The other day, we were browsing around, as dinosaurs do, and remembered we’d been meaning to respond to…

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Newsweek Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones

Newsweek Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones

markcoatney: Sing, O Rogue Tumblr... Of all the characterizations that have been thrown my way since I starte…

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Opinion | We Need a PBS for Social Media

Opinion | We Need a PBS for Social Media

Instead of breaking up Facebook, America should create a public alternative. By Mr. Coatney is a former direc…

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Why this tech expert is calling for a 'PBS for social media'

Why this tech expert is calling for a 'PBS for social media'

Mark Coatney, founder of Words TK and former Tumblr director, joins "Squawk Alley" to discuss a "PBS for soci…

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What Does It Mean When Most of the Web's Content Is Mass Produced?

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By Mark Coatney
| beehiiv
The other day I was listening to my friend Jed’s excellent “Techs on Texts” podcast (subscribe!) and Jed’s guest Alex Merose got into a nice discussion about how Duchamp’s art was a reaction to the rise of industrial mass production in the early 20th Century. What does any tangible hand-made good mean when it can be cheaply replicated by machines? Duchamp’s response was in part to say that an object’s value comes from the human connection between giver and receiver.
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Let's Start Solving Society's Trust Problem By Solving Substack's Trust Problem

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By Mark Coatney, Words TK
| Substack
The latest “On Substack” from Hamish McKenzie, Chris Best, and Jairaj has a lot of things in it that are hard to disagree with. Trust is an issue. And there are many good reasons why trust is at a low point in most areas of our society, mainly because so many of our people and institutions have shown themselves to be completely untrustworthy. But if you’re going to claim that you want to be part of the solution, it’s good to walk the walk.
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Will the Metaverse Save Journalism?

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By Mark Coatney
| Medium
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Lawrence Editor, New Times (Kansas City alt-weekly, though, strangely, not part of the New Times chain...)

Have you ever used a typewriter?

I learned to type in High School on an IBM Selectric II (70WPM!) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Selectric_typewriter)

How is social media changing news?

For the better.
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